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At least on windows you have alternatives... I'm still looking for a viable replacement on OSX. Actually scratch that. More urgently I'm seeking a Finder-repl

by moe 15y ago

At least on windows you have alternatives... I'm still looking for a viable replacement on OSX. Actually scratch that. More urgently I'm seeking a Finder-replacement that doesn't lock up for seconds at a time all the time. In 2012. On a 2 GHz computer. With a SSD. Truly magical!

shinratdr 15y ago
Why does it never occur to you people that your machine might have a problem? The Finder constantly locking up is not normal behaviour, no more than Windows Explorer locking up is normal behaviour. Why would you even think otherwise? Seriously, is this HN or YouTube? It's just ridiculous how whiny techs get when it comes to iTunes, OS X and iOS. I can solve an endless stream of technical problems all day with varying requirements and urgency, but syncing my iPhone is such a mystery! Give me a break. Here: Create a new partition on your drive, install a fresh copy of OS X. Does the Finder still lock up? No? What a surprise. OS X is a preferable OS for some people. It's not going to hold your hand and wipe your ass for you FFS, you still need to put in the slightest bit of effort.
shrike 15y ago
Check out Path Finder - http://cocoatech.com/pathfinder/ http://cocoatech.com/pathfinder/. I've been using for a while, it's light years beyond Finder. You can't completely kill Finder, OS X won't allow it but Path Finder makes it a lot better.
astrange 15y ago
If that's a third-party SSD, it's probably a hardware problem. You can generate a sysdiagnose report which will contain too much information by pressing ctrl-opt-cmd-shift-. when experiencing a problem. The spindump file inside it is quite readable to a systems programmer and may be helpful.